DHDexter
@dhdexter.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Politics (interested in feminist peace), mum, knackered. Here to learn and avoid marking. She/her.
My son is on the best school trip today. A visit to a Chinese supermarket followed by an all you can eat Chinese buffet. Genuinely jealous.
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 AM
My son is on the best school trip today. A visit to a Chinese supermarket followed by an all you can eat Chinese buffet. Genuinely jealous.
Today my 13 and 11 year old children were subject to an hour long recruitment event by the British Army during their school assembly today. I'm using the fantastic resources at @forceswatch.bsky.social to draft my complaint.
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Today my 13 and 11 year old children were subject to an hour long recruitment event by the British Army during their school assembly today. I'm using the fantastic resources at @forceswatch.bsky.social to draft my complaint.
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remain surprised. the killing of human beings and the devaluation of human life (in killer and killed human) should remain a shock
the "and you're surprised by this?" guys have never been less vital than they are right now
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
remain surprised. the killing of human beings and the devaluation of human life (in killer and killed human) should remain a shock
I had to call security yesterday on the way out of uni. Poor security guard was stuck deciphering the ramblings of a tired perimenopausal women. ‘He was trying to break the metal things the cars drive though!’ ‘The…barriers?’ 'Then he got one of those plastic things you put in the road.’ ‘A … cone?’
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I had to call security yesterday on the way out of uni. Poor security guard was stuck deciphering the ramblings of a tired perimenopausal women. ‘He was trying to break the metal things the cars drive though!’ ‘The…barriers?’ 'Then he got one of those plastic things you put in the road.’ ‘A … cone?’
Abolish ICE reading list care of Verso. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
ABOLISH ICE | Reading List
The targeting of immigrant communities has reached extraordinary new levels of shamelessness, drawing activists to the streets in protest and sparking fiery confrontations against the state's militari...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Abolish ICE reading list care of Verso. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
HEllo, I'M a bLacKBoaRd ANnOUnceMenT THaT HeLeN sPENT 15MinS FoRMAtTIng.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
HEllo, I'M a bLacKBoaRd ANnOUnceMenT THaT HeLeN sPENT 15MinS FoRMAtTIng.
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Education is finding out what you love; learning how to use your leisure time; understanding what's possible. It's about living in a diverse society; knowing the world; visualizing the future; understanding others. Simply building a workforce can already be outsourced to AI. Being a teacher can't.
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Education is finding out what you love; learning how to use your leisure time; understanding what's possible. It's about living in a diverse society; knowing the world; visualizing the future; understanding others. Simply building a workforce can already be outsourced to AI. Being a teacher can't.
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We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
Working in Higher Education in the UK is utterly heartbreaking.
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Working in Higher Education in the UK is utterly heartbreaking.
I too am disappointed not to have won the nobel peace prize.
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I too am disappointed not to have won the nobel peace prize.
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This is echoing what many have been advocating for decades. Focusing on interventions around admissions is pointless if wider inequalities remain and efforts aren't made from the start of school to support pupils.
Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place
Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place
Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is echoing what many have been advocating for decades. Focusing on interventions around admissions is pointless if wider inequalities remain and efforts aren't made from the start of school to support pupils.
Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place
Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place
A woman next to me at the GP surgery is very upset that there is a leaflet with a diagram showing how to do a vaginal swab. She brought one over to me, pointed at the diagram and said, 'There is too much of it around! Too much!'
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A woman next to me at the GP surgery is very upset that there is a leaflet with a diagram showing how to do a vaginal swab. She brought one over to me, pointed at the diagram and said, 'There is too much of it around! Too much!'
Grateful for the 'defender' keyring being given out on campus this week by security. Excuse me whilst I go and find the 'try not to attack anyone' stall.
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Grateful for the 'defender' keyring being given out on campus this week by security. Excuse me whilst I go and find the 'try not to attack anyone' stall.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The cycle is:
Enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so the legislature says terminate the program.
Enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so the legislature says terminate the program.
As usual, this is being done under the guise of “fiscal responsibility”, but imposing minimum numbers of degrees granted for a program to survive is shortsighted and may cost more long-term, as programs are closed at the whims of the legislature and universities can if respond if demand shifts again
July 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The cycle is:
Enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so the legislature says terminate the program.
Enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so the legislature says terminate the program.
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Everything feels like this now
May 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Everything feels like this now
Lots of Land Rovers identifying as busses this morning.
May 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Lots of Land Rovers identifying as busses this morning.
My boyfriend is watching MobLand whilst I am helpfully telling him about Mothers, Monsters, Whores and how every woman in the show fits the narratives Sjoberg identified. He keeps rolling his eyes but I think he really appreciates it.
April 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My boyfriend is watching MobLand whilst I am helpfully telling him about Mothers, Monsters, Whores and how every woman in the show fits the narratives Sjoberg identified. He keeps rolling his eyes but I think he really appreciates it.
Dear NHS 7 day blood pressure diary, This morning as I read more meaningless AI policy, I wondered whether the soul of higher education was lost for ever and if, as I have dedicated my adult life to HE, my soul was also diminished… 158/90.
April 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Dear NHS 7 day blood pressure diary, This morning as I read more meaningless AI policy, I wondered whether the soul of higher education was lost for ever and if, as I have dedicated my adult life to HE, my soul was also diminished… 158/90.
The markets are down. The markets have rallied. The markets are down. The markets have temporarily recovered. The markets are down. Has anyone checked whether the markets are also perimenopausal?
April 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The markets are down. The markets have rallied. The markets are down. The markets have temporarily recovered. The markets are down. Has anyone checked whether the markets are also perimenopausal?
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Solidarity to anyone who has just realised it is World Book Day on Thursday. My son has just announced he wants to go as King Louie from the Jungle Book. So I've 48 hours and zero skill to put that together
March 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Solidarity to anyone who has just realised it is World Book Day on Thursday. My son has just announced he wants to go as King Louie from the Jungle Book. So I've 48 hours and zero skill to put that together
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Two lovely Research Associate roles with Wales Centre for Public Policy wcpp.org.uk/about/job/re...
Research Associate (2 posts)
We are seeking to recruit two outstanding individuals to contribute to our work with public services and the Welsh Government. The post offers a unique opportunity to manage and conduct high...
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February 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Two lovely Research Associate roles with Wales Centre for Public Policy wcpp.org.uk/about/job/re...
Found this toad at 7am this morning in the middle of a carpark. We were both awake too early, I think. It did not want to move.
February 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Found this toad at 7am this morning in the middle of a carpark. We were both awake too early, I think. It did not want to move.
This evening at B&Q my boyfriend asked me what colour we should paint the skirting board and I said 'I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with this tonight'. We are both silently wondering who I've become.
February 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This evening at B&Q my boyfriend asked me what colour we should paint the skirting board and I said 'I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with this tonight'. We are both silently wondering who I've become.